OY. I survived, we survived. And I have realized that as much as I LOVE LOVE LOVE kids, I'm not cut out for full time child care. Part time is way better for me & my family!
It was a long year. Full time for two one year olds. And part time (full time summer) for a 5 yr old. We were blessed to have had the opportunity, for sure. And I truly believe it has helped my kids, tremendously. They have grown up with very little opportunity to be around very little kids. And didn't have nearly as many babysitting jobs as I did as a teenager. But this last year has opened many opportunities for the kids. Emm has a part time in home child care job for 3 kids, one of which has been diagnosed with autism. Alexa has a weekly babysitting job and it just right for her at this moment in her life.
AND, we are officially done with paper delivery at 5:30 every morning. That ended in May of this year. Phew! The Leader Post made some changes, which I've since heard has been a poor choice, and they were expecting the carriers to pick up the papers at a central location & then still have them to be delivered by 7am. No way was I letting my 16 yr old daughter going out at 5am to a location where who knows who would be there!? Right!!? But, Noah & Breanna picked up a flyer route, which is just 3 days a week and not by 7am!! So everyone is making money. Except me now....
Life seems busy and we don't have very many extracurricular activities. But the calendar seems to fill up fast.
Christmas is less than a month away.
New Year's Eve is always exciting, our oldest will be 17 this yr. This could have been her last year of school. That would have been cray cray. But we held her back a year. As much as I sometimes wish she was in grade 12 with all the other 1997 babies, I am glad she has another year before she's graduated. Ok, I'm gonna stop talking about this now, I'm getting nauseous!!
A little update from our family! I wanna try to write more than 2 or 3 blog posts a year, but I wanna know who my audience is....who are you?? Tell me below in the comments section!!
